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Mr. Ngit Liong Wong has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Venture Group of Companies since 1986. Mr. Wong serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Venture Corporation Limited. He serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Scinetic Engineering Pte. Ltd. He served as a Group President of Venture Corporation Limited. Mr. Wong spent more than 12 years with Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) holding various management positions at headquarters ... Palo Alto, Santa Clara and Cupertino Divisions, HP Singapore and HP Malaysia. He served as Managing Director of Venture Corporation Limited. Mr. Wong has been Chairman of the Board of Venture Corporation Limited since February 4, 2004. He serves as Member of Supervisory Board of Philips Medical Systems International B.V. He has been Member of Supervisory Board of Philips Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd since 2005. He has been Member of Supervisory Board of Philips Lighting B.V. since April 2005. He has been Executive Director of Venture Corp Ltd since January 29, 1989. Mr. Wong served as Director of DBS Group Holdings Ltd. from May 3, 2004 to August 2009. He served as Director of DBS Bank Ltd., since May 3, 2004. Mr. Wong serves as Director of Advanced Products Corporation Pte Ltd., Royal Phillips Electronics Sector Cebelian Holdings Pte Ltd., EAS Security Systems Pte Ltd., Innovative Trek Technology Pte Ltd., International Enterprise Singapore, Multitech Systems Pte Ltd., NLW Pte Ltd., Pintarmas Sdn Bhd, PT Venture Electronics Indonesia, V-Design Services (M) Sdn Bhd, Technocom Systems Sdn Bhd, Univac Precision Engineering Pte Ltd., Ventech Data Systems Pte Ltd., Ventech Investment Ltd., Venture Electronics (Europe) B.V, Venture Electronics International, Inc., Venture Electronics Solutions Pte Ltd., Venture Electronics Spain, S.L., Venture Hungary Electronics Manufacturing Limited Liability Company, Singapore Economic Development Board, VIPColor Technologies Pte Ltd., VIPColor Technologies USA, Inc., VM Services, Inc., and VS Electronics Pte Ltd. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board at Koninklijke Philips Electronics Nv from April 21, 2005 to 2009. Mr. Wong served as an Independent Director of Singapore Exchange Ltd., since November 15, 1999. Mr. Wong served as a Director of SIA Engineering Co., Ltd., from March 1, 2000 to July 21, 2006. He was previously on the Boards of k1 Venture Limited, Keppel Capital Holdings Limited and Keppel Tat Lee Bank Limited. He serves as Chairman of the National University of Singapore (NUS) Board of Trustees. He serves as Member of the Research Innovation and Enterprise Council under the Prime Minister's Office. Among the recognitions accorded him were the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Master Entrepreneur Award in 2002, and Singapore Business Time/DHL Worldwide Express Businessman of the Year in 1998. He is Graduate in Electrical Engineering from University of Malaya. Mr. Wong also holds an MBA degree with distinction from McGill University under the Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship. Mr. Wong holds a Master of Science (EE) degree and 1st Class (Hons) degree in Electrical Engineering, (Bachelor of Science)from the University of California at Berkeley where he was a Fulbright Scholar.

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